Kaiser Online Scottish independence referendum News Retrospect: On March 21, the priminister of Scotland government Samonde said Scotland will be an independent referendum on Sep 18 2014. One year later, the Scotland government held the Independence Referendum on Sep 18. Meanwhile, the Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has launched his government’s independence blueprint “mission statement” for the future. Voters had been asked a single question: Should Scotland be an independent country? British foreign secretary confident of Scotland staying in union. Visiting Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Philip Hammond said here on Thursday that he is confident that the Scottish people will vote for the union. "My hope is that the Scottish people will vote for the union, the hugely successful union that has delivered for all the people of the United Kingdom for many years," Hammond told a press briefing after talks with his Danish counterpart Martin